Meatworks revamp to boost jobs

The expansion of an abattoir in the Jondaryan Shire in southern Queensland will create more than 100 jobs.

The grain-fed and high quality beef abattoir is located on the Toowoomba to Cecil Plains road and expansion will include new buildings to increase floor space and allow a jump in production.

Mayor Peter Taylor says council approved the abattoir expansion with a unanimous vote.

He says it is a major step forward for the shire's beef industry.

"On top of a very recent announcement of the doubling of the capacity of the Oakey abattoir with some hundreds of jobs being created there, and now another abattoir in our shire also increasing their capacity with... specialised meat, employing some 600 plus people, [it] will be a very significant employer also in our region," he said.